Campaign Track Complaints

[xanatos.chimera]

A couple of complaints about the campaign tracks. It seems like Nadeo waffles back and forth between two borked implemenations: either I can access the Campaign tracks in Single Map mode while offline and bypass the unlock restrictions of Single Player, but at least I can assign my favorite campaign tracks to my server to play; or they make the Campaign tracks completely hidden on my computer, and I have a problem finding the download link for the pack so I can put them on my server.

The best solution is let the Campaign tracks be located on my computer through Windows Explorer, and remove the unlock conditions. Even with the SP Ladder it makes absolutely no difference which order the tracks are completed in as the SP is awarded for official times on a track-by-track basis.

If you absolutely must have an unlock condition to justify calling it a single player "campaign" then at least make the unlocks follow the vertical columns in each level, since the tracks follow the same theme in each [vertical] column. It doesn't make sense to force me to unlock gold on Acrobatic tracks if all I want to play is Tech tracks, for example. Besides what difference does it make to any other player? The only one it impacts is me in the form of fewer SP ladder points because I don't play the acrobatics or only play the multi-lap tracks, but that's my choice.

Please stop switching between making the Campaign tracks completely hidden and selectable for Single Map play to cover for the unecessary unlock conditions. Just remove the unlock conditions, they serve no useful purpose and removing them wouldn't impact anyone other than the individual player's SP ladder standing based on their choices.

[eyebo]

I have a problem finding the download link for the pack so I can put them on my server.

There's a stickied topic in the forum for dedicated servers. It contains a link to download the campaign maps:
http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 748#p70748

I like the system of having the campaign maps locked. It makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something as I play through the campaign. I also like the fact that I can't drive an official time until I've got training Gold, which forces me to prove I'm good enough to put up an official record.

If all the maps were unlocked at the start, I might try to skip to the hardest maps, get discouraged, and quit. But by being forced to unlock them in order, then I slowly build up my skill, and earn the right to drive the next maps.